heightening
Example Sentences
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“For me, I’m heightening contradictions,” Riley says of his film’s handmade aesthetic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Conflicts in the Middle East are increasing dangers for whales off South Africa by shifting sea traffic into their habitats and heightening the risks of collision, researchers told AFP.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
But if the fighting in Iran stretches into a second month, heightening financial pressure on U.S. workers, the written and unwritten rules about office attendance could get put to the test.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
They had split two meetings with their rivals to the north at last year’s 4 Nations Face-Off, only heightening the expectations for a rematch that had long seemed inevitable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
